Twilla Marie St. Pierre, Mail Theft, Idaho 2017

A Coeur d'Alene woman has pleaded guilty to stealing mail from a post office box in Worley, Idaho.

Twilla Marie St. Pierre, 39, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to theft or receipt of stolen mail matter, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

The theft occurred on or about May 28, 2015, when St. Pierre and her co-defendant Delbert Lee stole mail from a post office box at the U.S. Post Office in Worley, Idaho. The stolen mail consisted of checks payable to the victim.

The charge of theft or receipt of mail matter is punishable by up to five years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release.

Sentencing is set for January 18, 2017, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene.

The case was investigated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

This case is part of efforts underway by President Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF), which was created in November 2009 to combat financial crimes.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/pr/worley-woman-pleads-guilty-mail-theft